A driver hit an 11-year-old girl walking her scooter up a road in Draper Saturday morning and admitted to purposely hitting her because she is white, according to police.

19-year-old Steven Ray Becky has been charged with attempted homicide and DUI with serious bodily injury by authorities in Draper, Utah.

A probable cause statement from Draper City Police Department states that Steven Becky admitted to using Xanax, marijuana, LSD and mushrooms. He also told police he deliberately hit her because she was white.